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Speaker stand height



I have a pair of PSB Stratus Minis on their factory 25" stands, but these seem too tall for my room/listening position. My listening chair is somewhat low and laid back and this i do not want to change. So I was thinking of buying lower stands so that the speakers are closer to my ear but am worried about messing up the overal tonal balance of my PSB's. Should i Be worried about the sound changing too much with lower stands, or will it simply give me more bass and a more direct sound?

btw iv'e experimented with putting these speakers on 10" concrete blocks, with a title to compensate for the height, and this seemed to make the sound much fuller. This was many years ago though and my memory could be fooling me.
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toddnkaya
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So if I'm only 5foot 3 and my ear height is about 35inches from the floor, would I order the standard 24 inch stands lower by a couple of inches?
Todd
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tom6897
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Only if you plan on keeping the same chair. Don't forget to add an inch for the bottom spikes or any platform you may use to support the speaker stands or speakers on the stands. You want the acoustic center of your speaker to be at ear level when completely set-up.
transaudio
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There are a lot of questions here in this thread that should be settled easily by listening. Most of these problems or issues are so room related, unique to each room, or speakers related, there is not size fits all answer.

Speakers have a designed dispersion pattern in the horizontal plane and vertical plane. The higher the frequency the more narrow the dispersion gets (in ALL speakers). Knowing that, using pink noise can help a great deal in hearing the differences in speaker dispersion as you move about. Pink noise makes it easy to notice changes in angle and position of the speakers relative to your position.

Get a pink noise disc and try it!
Brad
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